Legal Aid has many ways to contribute your time as a lawyer.
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Represent a client or contact us with self-referral information (see below)
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Assist at a legal clinic
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Assist with materials development or review for the websites (for clients www.oklaw.org or for pro bono lawyers www.probono.net/ok)
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Share information about Legal Aid cases with other pro bono lawyers
To find out more about our pro bono lawyer opportunities, contact:
Oklahoma, Canadian Counties
Cynthia Goble - OKC
2901 North Classen Boulevard, Suite 112
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106
405.488.6823 or 800.421.1641
cindy.goble@laok.org
Tulsa, Creek, Mayes, Okmulgee, Okfuskee, Rogers and Pawnee Counties
Karen Langdon - Tulsa
907 South Detroit Avenue, Suite 725
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120
918-295-9422 or 800-299-3338
karen.langdon@laok.org
Craig Reffner, HIV/AIDS Legal Resource Project - Statewide
2901 North Classen Boulevard, Suite 112
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106
405.488.6779 or 866.817.8151
craig.reffner@laok.org
For counties other than those listed above, contact Cindy Goble (Oklahoma City) or Karen Langdon (Tulsa) to connect with a law office pro bono program.
PRO BONO SELF-REFERRALS
A self-referred case is just what is sounds like. A case you, as a lawyer, have accepted for pro bono representation that did not originate from Legal Aid. You choose your pro bono case.
Why? Here are some of the benefits associated with representing pro bono clients as self-referrals:
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Free access to www.probono.net/ok a membership web site with forms, and other resources for Oklahoma pro bono volunteers;
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Malpractice insurance coverage on Legal Aid referred cases (if you have your own, ours is secondary);
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Legal Aid staff attorneys available for consultation;
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Legal materials are available including: library access, brief and pleading banks, pamphlets and video/audio tapes;
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Assistance with litigation costs (must be pre-approved);
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Fifty-percent discount on many OBA CLE programs for 20 hours or more of pro bono service;
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Free Legal Aid seminars; and,
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Interview rooms available for meetings with the client.
When a client who may qualify for assistance through Legal Aid contacts a lawyer directly, we invite you to call one of our pro bono coordinators for an eligibility screening. If the client meets the financial and other criteria, a pro bono file will be established at Legal Aid for monitoring and other support services just as if the client had originated with us. Self-referral of cases is the best way to provide legal services to the truly needy, because he or she has the lawyer of his choice without waiting for a referral.
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